I can see it, even in that photo you posted fuscia, I think he could be a hobbit. (Is that a complment or an insult, I don't know?) And if Peter Jackson saw it, who am I to say otherwise?
I think Stuart actually turned down the role because of Queen of the Damned, but I am not sure. If I am right, then he could have been Frodo instead of the other guy (what is his name?) .
In this picture I think he looks more kind of like the guy who played Frodo.
schmiggens said this in post #49 : Well they could get that guy who won World Idol.
They said he was very Hobbit looking LMAO
Oh Schmiggens, I almost spat my ice cream out when I read that. He is kind of Hobbit like. I meant that Stuart is a little to manly in my opinion. I don't think hobbits should look like they can grow beards-yes strange but true.
I know what you mean Stuart Townsend has a lot of muscles, he is a bit too "manly", and I don't imagine Bilbo did much working out before his adventures LOL.
on second thoughts, it will be much more than that! It will take 2 years to make King Kong, then another 2 years on top of that to make the Hobbit! We are in for a looooooong wait!
~Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off~
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has said that it will be up to four years before he starts work on a film version of The Hobbit.
The Oscar winner said on a visit to Sydney there was a "desire" to make it, but not before lengthy negotiations.
"I think it's gonna be a lot of lawyers sitting in a room trying to thrash out a deal before it will ever happen," said the New Zealander.
The rights to JRR Tolkien's book are split between two major film studios.
Jackson, who is currently filming a remake of Hollywood classic King Kong, said he thought that the sale of MGM studios to the Sony Corporation would cast further uncertainty on the project.
The 43-year-old was in the Australian city to visit a Lord of the Rings exhibition, which has attracted 140,000 visitors since it opened in December.
[b]Lucrative [b]
The film-maker recently sued film company New Line Cinema for undisclosed damages over alleged withheld profits and lost revenue from the first part of the Middle Earth trilogy.
The Fellowship of The Ring from 2001 went on to make worldwide profits of $291 million (£152 million).
Jackson is thought to have secured the most lucrative film directing deal in history to remake King Kong, which is currently in production in Auckland.
The picture, which stars Naomi Watts and Oscar winner Adrien Brody, is due to be released in December.
Jackson has also committed to making a film version of Lovely Bones, based on the best-selling book by Alice Sebold.
Larke2000 said this in post #29 : after the movies came out i started looking into some of the hardbound editions of the books. it's been out for quite some time (1974). it's a one volume edition:
it has no illustrations, but it does have a big fold out map and the page numbers (and other misc. details) are printed in red to match the book cover.
nothing earth shattering, but i've had my eye on them since the first of the movies came out. even though some of the others have magnificent full color illustrations, these just really captured my attention.
Everytime I visit the City of Books in Portland I go straight for the Tolkien section and drool over the Red Book. I need that book. I've been mooching off my dad's books for my whole life because I only own the Hobbit, and that I've only had for a few years. There is a whole huge shelf devoted to Tolkien's works in Powell's Books, not only the Hobbit and LOTR.
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
03-10-2004 07:40 AM
LMAO 
